Patricia Templeton—“What’s Right with the Episcopal Church”
One of the primary strengths of the Episcopal Church is that we don’t require you to leave your brain at the church door.
We believe Jesus’ words that we heard in today’s Gospel, that we are to love the Lord our God with all our hearts and all our souls, and all our minds. Certainly we know that there are mysteries in faith beyond our understanding, but we also know that God expects us to use our God-given intelligence.
Another strength of the Episcopal Church is our comfort with ambiguity. We know that the world is not black and white, and efforts to divide is, and our faith, up that way will not sustain us for long.
That does not mean we do not know the difference between right and wrong, or that “anything goes,” as our critics sometimes charge. It does mean that we recognize that the world is a complex place, and there are times when there is no absolute answer or “one size fits all” solution to a problem.
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